Ventilated building structure



H. R.STRAIGHT. VENTILATED BUILDING STRUCTURE* APPLICATION FILED MAY I5. IBIS.

1,316,982. Pfantedsept. 23,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

,HALvEa n. STRAIGHT, or ADEL, IowA.

VENTILATED BUILDING STRUCTURE.

To all whom t may conce/rn: l

Be it' known that lI, HALVER R. STRAIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Adel, in the county of 4Dallas and State of Iowa, have invented a 'certain new and useful Ventilated Building Structure, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to that class of ventilated building structures which is preferably made of hollow elaytile, for the purpose of forming corn cribs orthe like.

In a former application I have illustrated and described such a structure as applied to a circular hollow tile corn crib, which ap plication maybe identified as Serial Number 735,856, filed December 9, 1912, and now issued as Patent No, 1,151,219 under date of September 21, 1915.

In many instances it is desirable to have these ventilated building structures made in rectangular form instead of round, and obviously the method employed in my said round structure cannot be used to advantage in afrectangular structure. i

The object of my present invention is to devise a means'whereby hollow 'tile may be employed in the erection of a rectangular structure for corn cribs or similar purposes, in whichsome ofthe solid upright columns thereof may be formed ofthe same hollow tile `that are employed in the body portion of the walll with the openings thereof arranged to run verticallyfor the reception of 'ln'aciiig rods, the vertical spaces thereof around the rods being designed to receive concrete for the purpose of sealing the rods and bracing the whole structure to form a rigid upright `column to which binding wires or rods may be applied for holding the walls between the rigid upright'columns.

A further object is to provide improved means for resisting the outward thrust upon the straight portions of the wall between the rigid lupright columns, which means are of simple and inexpensive construction that may be readily and quickly laid in place by ordinary workmen.

vMy invention 'consists in the construction, arrangement and combination ofthe various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a horizontal, sectional View through a part of a rectangular masonry structure embodying my invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 23,1919.

Application led May 15, 1916. Serial No. 97,755.

Fig. 8 shows an enlarged detail, vertical,

sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig.` 1 shows a similar view taken at right angles to that on which Fig. 3 is taken, and Fig. 5 shows a detail, perspective view of one of the hollow tile building blocks from which `my improved structure is built. Referring to the accompanying drawings, the building blocks employed in my improved structure are of the kind illustrated in Fig. 5, and may be made in an ordinary tile making machine by' being forced through a suitable die. In' cross-section it is preferably square and ycomprises a bodyV portion 10 havinga vertical central web 11 and a horizontal central web 12. The ends of therblock, however, are beveled or inclined both in theV same directionV so that when the block is laid flat the ends thereof incline upwardly and laterally both'in the same direction4 atan angle of about twenty degrees from the vertical. In erecting a `building according to my improvement and with hollow tile blocks of the character described, I"`first provide *a suitable base 13 which may jbe made of concrete. At the corners 'of thebase I 'place vertically arranged reinforcing rods ,"15and` at suitable intervals throughout the side walls I placca number of vertically arranged reinforcing rods 16. I then place a `layer ofy the hollow tile blocks on the base with the ends thereof exactly yverti` cal so that the tops and `bottoms thereof incline downwardly and outwardly, as shown at the upper right side of Fig, 2.

At the centerof the sidewall I place'the hollow tile blocks in position `with the openings extending vertically and slipv them down over the rods 16. On the bottom` layer for instance, I provide a single block with the openings verticaland with the rods 1611xtended through said openings, then on the second layer I provide two of these blocks arranged with the .openings vvertical and with the rods 16 running through the adjacent vertical openings of the two blocks, as clearly `illustrated at the centralftop portion of Fig. 2. Between each horizontal row of blocks thus laid I provide oneor more reinforcing rods. These rods are secured at their ends to the upright rods 15 at the 60 outwardlyrto.- aY point `near theouter edge at Y corner posts. ThenV they are` laid on top of the downwardly andloutwardly inclined blocks and are extended on they inner. sides` ofrods 16 and so on around' the building; These reinforcing rods are curved so Vthat .between ai center rigid post andta corner rigid post the central portion of the reinforcing rod will lie near the outer edgeof the. building blocks, while atfthe center rigid uprightand. at., the I adjacent corner rigid Y upright the' rod comes nearvto theinner face ofthe' wallf.V Theserodsare-laid in al layer of concrete 17 fbetween'each ofthe horizon.-

' vtal rows ofbuilding. blocks.-

After; a wallhas beenbuiltfupl to arcertain l predetermined height the blocks which: surround the; rods 167 are` poured fulll off concrete and (allowed to'usetand. hardenand thel corner posts; are.- completed *byA surrounds. ing theguprightfrods'lj; with a. solid body.l

of concrete.4

.. f By improved` structure al comparativelyvxl-argejV-Iand ventilated.Y corn crib Y Y may bebuilt in "a strong and durable. man,

ner Yby means of very `cheap andgineXpensive material the blocks. ofiwhichfjmay be uso ' tralgrigid supporting. base` for arbui'ldingfV wall. has a .number .of advantages (1n that it..

..40 `may bev veryT quickly and easily" erected lby made on` an .ordinary tilevmalcingmachine and, the-wall may be'made very thin. The

outwardly and; t downwardly thereby pre-y venting it Vfrom entering the interior of the crib or structure.. i j

M-yr 'mprovedpmethod of erecting av cen.-A

. ordinary Workmen:outof cheapl and. ineX-' f'rectangular building intended. to lhold cornf pensive.'V materials, f ands: then` :after being. erected may. be;` filled. .with plastic concrete andpermitted to set and handen.` y

` `lniother.' advantage is that allifof the metal Ypartsyof` the structure are. embedded in and:

covered with concrete-andthus are. pneventedifnom nustingor 4corrodi'ngn Inorder to withstand thesuccessivepres'- surestin'l an outward direction in. aventilatedwall of thisrkind, sueltasoccurin4 a` orthe like, it isfnecessany thatfthefreiiiforcing wiresaorrods. be so,` arranged thatthey cannot move outwardly simply byrbending: y Vaswould-bc'thecase-if itwereattempted tousei straight reinforcing. rods-V between.` the layers;I of'tile. ByQ my improved arrangement the'y 'horizontal reinforcing rods formz a. truss and by having. Athese rods. extended:

the central point. betweenlthe two rigid` up:-

A' rights and'then coming back to a point near Y the inner edge at therrigid uprights, a truss isv formed which holds the central blocks between tworigid uprights just as'firmly against outward movementY as it does the blocks adjacent to the uprights. Furthermore, by having these rods embedded ina layer of concrete and placed on a downwardly .and outwardly inclined surface,

there is no danger of theY layer of concreteshearing out at thevrods; because .the thrust against the wall? is in a directioi'i.straight` j outwardly,N and this'thrust causes the horif zontal; binding wires or rodsl tobindV more firmly against `the tops ofthe-'layersl oft'ile, thus; preventing any possibility ofhavingVVV their. openingsqvgertical, upnightposts'spacedy from said corner;v postv comprising .blockseach having a pluralityfof openings through j it, the openings'being vertical; upright rein forcing in theY openings of `thefcofrner post,V ,Y

uprightv reinforcing-in; all of the' openings of the alternate blocks in said upright post, .and extended through the adjacent openings ofthe-other blocks in said; upright post, said i walls being comprisedrof blocks having their ends at the innen-'and'. `outer 1 surf-aces.` of'l the walls vertical', and havingtheir,V walls. in-VV clincd? downwardly' andsoutwardly from the.

inner surface of the wall,.reinforcingfmem bers arangd between. the .co-urses son the blocks 1nthef wall, and connected to said@ 1-'00 tween the-lgpostssaidthorizontal reinforcing,- 1

upright reinforcingand. curved so that belast described,V extendsg Atoward the outer-surface; of the wall andrat. the post 'extends'.

topoints near Vthe inner .surface-,of the wall.` s 2. Im a device'v of they classy described,l walls.y arranged substantially atV Bight-angles to.-

eachother, corner post. adjacent to 'said walls, upright posts in said lwalls vspaced from said?l corner post, said postsv 'compris-a ing hollow blocks 4rhaving their openingsver-f tical, thengwalls .comprising hollow` blocks` VlioV 'l with their endsvertical,andI with their openfings inclined` downwardly andy outwardly, horizontal` reinforcing? members betweenthe coursesy of" blocks inthe walls, arranged with theirrcenter members near theouter surface of the wall, and with their end members cured. tothe ends' of saidjhorizontall reinforcing members s Y y Y. Des Moines. Iowa. -June 2611915.4

HALVER ifi-STRAIGHT Vn ear the innersurface of Vthe.wall,.and up'- 'f i right reinforcing members inxsaid posts-se- Copiescf thisipatentinay 11e-obtained forfxze. .cents each, by addressing theffcmmvssioner ctfl'atents, i' i Washington, D. C. 

